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republican primary voters wouldn't have liked to have heard that, but they've already come home to romney. and i don't think that obama did himself any good with the kinds of voters who are still making up their mind. >> george will, nicole says republicans are going to be happy with that. are you one of them? and then, the second question, did you hear anything tonight that would change someone's mind? >> i'm not sure about the latter, but george, just four days ago on a sunday morning, governor christie of new jersey said this debate would change dramatically the narrative of the election, may have done that. mr. romney came in with three things to accomplish. first, the polls showing him behind were in danger of becoming self-fulfilling prophesie prophesies. i think he probably stopped that in its tracks tonight. second, he wanted to use this forum to correct what he thinks are serious misrepresentations of him, regarding medicare and taxes and the scope of the tax cuts and the revenue neutrality and all of that. third, he wanted to make the philosophic statement. he knows this is a co
republican primary voters wouldn't have liked to have heard that, but they've already come home to romney. and i don't think that obama did himself any good with the kinds of voters who are still making up their mind. >> george will, nicole says republicans are going to be happy with that. are you one of them? and then, the second question, did you hear anything tonight that would change someone's mind? >> i'm not sure about the latter, but george, just four days ago on a sunday...
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, they feel good about when obama was talking to the camera, to the voters and they feel good that romney, in their view, was doubling down on policies, but ultimately, performance wise, this was a strong night for mitt romney. >> david muir, we saw the big smile on mitt romney immediately after the debate. some results already coming in, romney's odds going up. >> yeah, that smile spills relief on romney's face tonight. within the campaign, too, george. in fact, i got a text before the debate was over from a key adviser who said "mission accomplished." the governor looked to put the president on the defensive. they think that was accomplished here tonight. also, you heard governor romney right out of the gate come out here and talk about a woman that he met on the trail in a last couple of days, talking about economic hardship. that was another hurdle that romney tried to cross, connecting with average problems facing americans, not a surprise that he talked about women on the trail and in key states, key battleground states, what they believe that as you mentioned, george, no knockout p
, they feel good about when obama was talking to the camera, to the voters and they feel good that romney, in their view, was doubling down on policies, but ultimately, performance wise, this was a strong night for mitt romney. >> david muir, we saw the big smile on mitt romney immediately after the debate. some results already coming in, romney's odds going up. >> yeah, that smile spills relief on romney's face tonight. within the campaign, too, george. in fact, i got a text before...
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president obama and governor romney are aiming their campaigns at a shrinking target, those voters who have not yet made up their minds. or who say they could still change their minds. so as they go, so goes the election. cbs news with the help of g. f.k.'s knowledge panel recruited about 500 of these uncommitted voters to watch the debate tonight and give us their reaction. anthony mason is in new york and he tells us now what we found out, anthony? >> reporter: scott among those uncommitted voters we polled after the debates tonight the results were quite convincing for governor romney. we asked them which candidate do you think did the best job or won tonight's debate. 22% said the president 46% said governor romney. so about a 2-1 win there. that moved the need until another way for governor romney tonight. we asked after tonight's debate has your opinion of governor romney changed for the better? 56% said it had. only 11% said it had changed for the worse. finally, governor romney has been criticized for not possibly relating to middle-class or ordinary americans. we asked voters
president obama and governor romney are aiming their campaigns at a shrinking target, those voters who have not yet made up their minds. or who say they could still change their minds. so as they go, so goes the election. cbs news with the help of g. f.k.'s knowledge panel recruited about 500 of these uncommitted voters to watch the debate tonight and give us their reaction. anthony mason is in new york and he tells us now what we found out, anthony? >> reporter: scott among those...
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and there was a lot of time being spent debating mitt romney's plan. and in an odd way while the obama folks think long term that will help them create contrasts and comparatives, short-term it elevates romney to sort of presidential ideas and allows that voter to say can i picture that guy in the big chair, brian? >> and tom brokaw, i'm guessing you concur that the victory from tonight is for substance. say what you will, yes, there's going to be spin. yes, these are two guys on different sides of the ideological aisle. we've got a good substantive airing tonight. especially on the economy. of the issues we set out to discuss. >> this is what a debate should be about. let the two candidates go after each other. they both came prepared knowing they were going to have to close the case, if you will, with the american people. i think there's a consensus at this hour at least that governor romney, whether or not you agree with his policies, marshalled his facts in a more coherent fashion than the president did. hailey barbour, who's one of the great repub
and there was a lot of time being spent debating mitt romney's plan. and in an odd way while the obama folks think long term that will help them create contrasts and comparatives, short-term it elevates romney to sort of presidential ideas and allows that voter to say can i picture that guy in the big chair, brian? >> and tom brokaw, i'm guessing you concur that the victory from tonight is for substance. say what you will, yes, there's going to be spin. yes, these are two guys on...
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, and i suspect independent voters have a much advantager, favorable opinion of mitt romney tomorrow morning than they did at dinner time tonight. neil: were you surprised that private capital of which, you know, staples clearly was a beneficiary, and bain capital, did not become the big theme that many thought it would tonight? >> well, again, i think this is -- i jim lehrer did a great b scripting this, keeping people on message -- neil: you think he did a great job? i love jim lehrer, but it got out of control. it was me like wrestling my kids. >> he tried. president obama asked about education, was talking about libya and oil and taxes and welfare and all in one sentence from time to time, but i think he did as good as a job as he could keeping it on message. mitt did not let president obama get away with his lies. point by point, he called him on the lies, and, again, because i think if you look at the polls, neil, the issue is mitt's behind. i think mitt's behind because people think he has views and positions that he simply does have, and they think that because president obam
, and i suspect independent voters have a much advantager, favorable opinion of mitt romney tomorrow morning than they did at dinner time tonight. neil: were you surprised that private capital of which, you know, staples clearly was a beneficiary, and bain capital, did not become the big theme that many thought it would tonight? >> well, again, i think this is -- i jim lehrer did a great b scripting this, keeping people on message -- neil: you think he did a great job? i love jim lehrer,...
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interesting to see how that resonates maybe with older voters and also trying to, again, hold romney's feet to the fire and say you keep saying your medicare plan won't affect those who are still a decade away from retirement, but if you're 53 or 54, you might want to pay attention to this. >> woodruff: ari i want to follow up on what judy just asked. you've been following governor romney around for some time now, and we remember him from the republican primary debate where's he came across looking kind of stiff and just straight up and down. tonight there was a lot of movement, a lot of body language. and, also he started by just like scott just mentioned, talking about individuals he had met along the trail, seemed to humanize him. >> yeah, clearly he was trying to humanize himself tonight. right off the bat he talked. people he met on the trail. president obama waited until 30 minute into the debate to first talk about a voter. mitt romney was talking about his five sons. he talked about ann romney being on the trail. there were a lot of little moments in the debate where he was cle
interesting to see how that resonates maybe with older voters and also trying to, again, hold romney's feet to the fire and say you keep saying your medicare plan won't affect those who are still a decade away from retirement, but if you're 53 or 54, you might want to pay attention to this. >> woodruff: ari i want to follow up on what judy just asked. you've been following governor romney around for some time now, and we remember him from the republican primary debate where's he came...